In fact, calcium chloride is added to water for a variety of reasons. “If you had pure water by itself, it doesn’t have any taste,” Bob Mahler, Soil Science and Water Quality professor at ...

"Proton-activated chloride channels have only recently been described but they are critical for cell survival, particularly in the brain," said the co-corresponding study author Wei Lü, Ph.D., a Van ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising role for calcium in shaping the building blocks of life. Their study reveals that calcium ions help determine the molecular 'handedness' (chirality) of ...